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# They're "distracting," according to the style guide of ''National Geographic''.<ref>[http://stylemanual.ngs.org/home/A/accent-marks National Geographic Style Manual]. "Although Vietnamese is written in the Latin alphabet, the number of accent marks can be distracting and may therefore be omitted."</ref> We want readers to focus on the content of the article rather than the style it is written in.

# They're "distracting," according to the style guide of ''National Geographic''.<ref>[http://stylemanual.ngs.org/home/A/accent-marks National Geographic Style Manual]. "Although Vietnamese is written in the Latin alphabet, the number of accent marks can be distracting and may therefore be omitted."</ref> We want readers to focus on the content of the article rather than the style it is written in.

# ''The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia'' (1993), the top specialist work on Vietnamese history, also drops the diacritics.

# ''The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia'' (1993), the top specialist work on Vietnamese history, also drops the diacritics.

# The top English-language news sites in Vietnam, including [http://english.vov.vn/ Voice of Vietnam], drop the diacritics.<ref>These sites are aggregated by [http://en.baomoi.com/ Bao Moi].</ref> The content of these sites represent news translated from Vietnamese, so there is no technical barrier that would prevent them from using diacritics.

# The English-language news sites based in Vietnam, including [http://english.vov.vn/ Voice of Vietnam], generally drop the diacritics.<ref>These sites are aggregated by [http://en.baomoi.com/ Bao Moi].</ref> The content of these sites represent news translated from Vietnamese, so there is no technical barrier that would prevent them from using diacritics.

# Who puts Vietnamese diacritics in English-language material? Besides Wikipedia, there's Thế Giới Publishers in Hanoi. This company publishes old-style war propaganda. Tourists can buy these antiques and show the goofy writing to their friends back home. If a Vietnamese publisher expects English-speakers to actually read a book or periodical, the diacritics are dropped.

# Who puts Vietnamese diacritics in English-language material? Besides Wikipedia, there's Thế Giới Publishers in Hanoi. This company publishes old-style war propaganda. Tourists can buy these antiques and show the goofy writing to their friends back home. If a Vietnamese publisher expects English-speakers to actually read a book or periodical, the diacritics are dropped.